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Boulder, CO May 18 2026 — Boulder County AA Central Office: Radical Feminist Takeover Betrays AA’s Genderless Traditions, Bans Popular Newcomers Meeting in Secret Purge In the shadow of the Flatirons, Boulder County Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup and Central Office (BCCO) has devolved into a petty fiefdom of ideological enforcers.

What was once a humble service office supporting sober alcoholics has been captured by radical feminist activists wielding gender-based attacks and baseless disruptions to silence dissent and traditional recovery work. The most egregious casualty is the wildly popular Newcomers/Slippers Step Workshop on Zoom — a daily 4 PM meeting dedicated to helping desperate newcomers and returning “slippers” navigate the 12 Steps.

This workshop offers practical sponsorship, literature packets, detox guidance, and real step work in a straightforward, non-political format.

It drew alcoholics from across the country seeking genuine recovery, not lectures. According to local reports and insiders, one day a few drunk or agenda-driven women repeatedly invaded the meeting, launching vicious gender attacks instead of focusing on sobriety. Rather than protecting the group’s autonomy and unity — as AA Tradition 1 and 4 demand — BCCO bureaucrats banned the entire meeting without due process, evidence, or a proper group conscience vote. No show of cause. No appeal. Just cancellation by fiat. BCCO is not a governing body.

It’s a hostile takeover. AA’s founding literature and Traditions are explicitly genderless and non governing: “The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.” Yet in Boulder, a clique appears more interested in enforcing contemporary identity politics than saving lives from the deadly disease of alcoholism. Women-only meetings exist for those who prefer them.

Open meetings are supposed to remain open to anyone suffering — especially shaky newcomers.The hypocrisy stinks. While AA claims to avoid outside controversies, BCCO has imported culture-war tactics that punish a successful step workshop serving the very people AA was founded to help. Contributions meant for expenses and literature now fund bureaucratic power plays. Enough.

It’s time to clean house at Boulder County Central Office. Fire the entire entrenched crew. Restore the Newcomers/Slippers Workshop immediately. Alcoholics don’t need more Karens playing AA police — they need a program that works, free of political hijacking. Sobriety is hard enough without ideological gatekeepers turning the lifeboat into a battleground. Boulder’s alcoholics deserve better.